Brittney Sankofa rehearses “East of the River” at Anacostia Arts Center (Photo courtesy of Star Johnson)

This week, catch some performance art inspired by Dionne Warwick, two different nights of storytelling, and Game of Thrones live—well, the music, anyway.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

A LITTLE CLOSE TO HOME: “Residents React After Whole Foods Announced For Ward 8” sounds like a DCist headline, but is actually the plot of the new musical East of the River, which debuted earlier this summer at Anacostia Arts Center. It takes place during a community meeting, where Anacostia neighbors discuss the gentrification they’ve been seeing around them. The conversations are touching as well as funny—there’s even a song called “Manchego Cheese,” about what the Whole Foods would bring to town. See it Monday in a reading as part of Mosaic Theater Company’s new season. (Atlas Performing Arts Center, 7 p.m., $15)

ART CALLING: Ever seen those call boxes around town that are turned into little works of art? They’re a project from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (and formerly run by Cultural Tourism DC) to decorate these cast iron cubbyholes—which have a long history in the city—with works from local artists. Learn a little more about the latest series in the project, six boxes on Rhode Island Ave. NE, at a dedication ceremony. You can also meet the artist behind the boxes, Charles Bergen, and try not to make too many phone puns (see subhead). (Art Enables, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m., FREE)

MORE: Monday Night Full Moon Walk: National Mall Monuments & Memorials (World War II Memorial, 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m., FREE with reservation), Story District’s Mixtape Vol. 4 (Union Stage, 7:30 p.m., $20), Chesapeake Food Summit (Union Market, 8 a.m.-Tuesday 2 p.m., ($150-$570).

Marc Bamuthi Joseph at Pop-Up Magazine. (Photo by Jon Snyder courtesy of Pop-Up Magazine)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

WHAT’S THE STORY? Pop-Up Magazine’s shows are, well, exactly what they sound like: long-form stories come to life, and without those annoying renewal postcards that always fall out of the middle of the magazine. At this week’s show at the Warner Theatre, Ann Friedman of the podcast “Call Your Girlfriend”; Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks; and Marc Bamuthi Joseph, a poet and playwright, will be on hand to tell stories about thirst traps, extinct flowers, and a terrorist rehabilitation facility for a live audience. (Warner Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $29-$39)

SALAD DAYS: Sweetgreen’s latest project isn’t a new fast-casual place that whips up salads, it’s a market where you can presumably buy greens and lettuce to make a salad yourself. Tuesday marks the opening of The Tavern, on the site of its first salad restaurant in Georgetown. Be the first to check out the spot, and get a taste of the frozen yogurt, which hasn’t been seen in a Sweetgreen since 2014. (The Tavern, open 11 a.m.-8 p.m.)

SONGS OF ICE AND FIRE: Have you heard of Game of Thrones? It’s this show on HBO about dragons and a quest for power that spans generations, it’s based on a book, anyway, you should check it out. On Tuesday, Ramin Djawadi, who composes the show’s theme music, will stop at Capital One Arena on a nationwide tour to conduct a “live concert experience” of the GOT score. There will be visuals from the show, some smoke, and probably a dragon or two—fingers crossed! (Capital One Arena, 8 p.m., $19-$99)

MORE: Edible DC Fall Release Party (The Bird, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., FREE), Little Salon 42 (4523 Georgia Avenue Northwest, 7 p.m.-10 p.m., $20), Funk on 14th St. (Chicken & Whiskey, 7 p.m.-11 p.m., free entry).

Diana Ross (Photo courtesy of Strathmore Music Center)

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

SHE WILL SURVIVE: When she’s not appearing in her son’s reality show, Diana Ross is still performing, nearly six decades after she first made her way to the top of the charts with The Supremes. Speaking of the charts, Ross isn’t done dominating them: Her dance remix “I’m Coming Out/Upside Down” topped Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart twice this year. Hear what else she’s been up to (along with the hits, obviously) at Strathmore this week. (Strathmore Music Center, 8 p.m., $69-$239, also performs Tuesday)

WHO’S HUNGRY? Finally, a solution for when you can’t decide between barbecue and Japanese cuisine for dinner. Head to Hill Country on Wednesday, where pit master Dan Farber will collab with Daikaya chef Katsuya Fukushima for an East Meets West BBQ Dinner. The four-course menu includes a riff on deviled egg made with egg marinated in barbecue drippings, salmon roe, kewpie mayo and habanero; and waygu brisket and chicken tacos with “Asian fixins.” Most intriguingly, there’s a smoked banana split for dessert. (Hill Country, 6:30 p.m., $90)

AND ALL THAT JAZZ: Find some fringe in your closet, pray for good weather, and head to the Omni Shoreham Hotel on Wednesday for the season’s final show in the Secret Garden Jazz Series. This week’s theme is the 1920s, so you can jitterbug to some live tunes while you enjoy refreshments in the hotel’s garden. (Omni Shoreham Hotel, 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m., FREE)

MORE: DC Punk Archive Woodridge Library Rooftop Show: Glue Factory and Honey (Woodridge Library, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., FREE), Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Theatre Company, 7:30 p.m., $44-$102, through Oct. 28), Silver Spring Outdoor Salsa Party (Veterans Plaza, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., FREE).

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

FAST TALKERS: Imagine a TED Talk where the guy with the clicker to the Power Point presentation has somewhere to be right afterwards, and you’ve got PechaKucha. Taken from a Japanese word meaning “chitchat,” the presentation features speakers accompanied by 20 slides that stay on the screen for 20 seconds each and progress automatically, whether the speaker is ready or not. Hosted at new hotel Eaton DC for this weekend of presentations, the themes will be wellness and transition. (Eaton DC, 7 p.m. through Oct. 1, FREE)

LAUGH IT OUT: Doesn’t it seem safe to assume that by Thursday we’ll all be worn down by the week’s news? Invest in some future self-care and grab tickets to the District Improv Festival, returning for its sixth year Wednesday-Sunday. Thursday’s show includes sets from the D.C.-based all-black comedy group Lena Dunham (specializing in comedy about “what it means to be somebody’s black friend), Baltimore’s improv and sketch duo OLGA, and New York’s The Code Switch, an all-POC group that performs improv about how minorities communicate. (Source, 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m., $5)

SOUNDS MODERN: Georgetown University’s brand-new Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery debuts its first long-term exhibit this week, Jeffrey Gibson: Don’t Make Me Over. The collection of art will celebrate queer and Native American identities through a variety of media, including paintings on rawhide and an immersive installation made of rainbow fabric. On Thursday, the exhibit kicks off with a performance from Gibson that will somehow combine the music of Dionne Warwick and Native American dance. (Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., FREE)

MORE: Book Talk: Tomorrow Will Be Different (American University Katzen Arts Center, 7 p.m., FREE), Perfect Pairings: Natural Wines and Your Favorite Foods (S. Dillon Ripley Center, 6:45 p.m., $45-$65), Historians on Hamilton: How a Blockbuster Musical is Restaging America’s Past (National Archives Building, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., FREE)